WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Readout from Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent's Meeting with German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil Today, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent met with German Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance Lars Klingbeil. During the discussion, Secretary Bessent highlighted President Trump's historic trade deal between the United States and European U more PR

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Aug. 4 -- NATO issued the following news: * * * Secretary General welcomes first package of U.S. equipment for Ukraine funded by the Netherlands under new NATO initiative * NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte today (4 August 2025) welcomed the first package of U.S. military equipment for Ukraine coordinated under the new NATO Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative. The Secretary General and the Dutch government confirmed that the Netherlands is funding the f more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * The DOGE Files: Top ten ways to waste tax dollars * At the start of this year the Capital Research Center launched the DOGE Files, a new project named after the new government agency dedicated to rooting out waste fraud and abuse in the federal government. As part of that effort, CRC researchers spent weeks combing through thousands of pages of federal records to use our expertise i more PR